Wiliam Govard Taft ,quotes

Substantial progress toward be...

Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.

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I do not know much about polit...

I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.

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No, the only things which do n...

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.

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Unless education promotes char...

Unless education promotes character making, unless it helps men to be more moral, more just to their fellows, more law abiding, more discriminatingly patriotic and public spirited, it is not worth the trouble taken to furnish it.

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I would like to have an ample ...

I would like to have an ample fund to spread the light of Republicanism, but I am willing to undergo the disadvantage to make certain that in the future we shall reduce the power of money in politics for unworthy purposes.

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I'll be damned if I am not get...

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.

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A man never knows exactly how ...

A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.

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We have a government of limite...

We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.

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I am afraid I am a constant di...

I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am President the less of a party man I seem to become.

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A government is for the benefi...

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

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Action for which I become resp...

Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.

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I am in favor of helping the p...

I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other.

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The game of baseball is a clea...

The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.

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As a people, we have the probl...

As a people, we have the problem of making our forests outlast this generation, or iron outlast this century, and our coal the next; not merely as a matter of convenience or comfort, but as a matter of stern necessity.

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Golf in the interest of good h...

Golf in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman.

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We are imperfect. We cannot ex...

We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.

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Too many people don't care wha...

Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them.

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Constitutions are checks upon ...

Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to secure sober action and a respect for the rights of the minority.

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We, as Unitarians, may feel th...

We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.

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I do not believe in the divini...

I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.

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